2008 FORD EDGE Electrical System Instrument Clusterpanel Problems

VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO POWER FORD IN VALENCIA FOR STANDARD SERVICE A WEEK AGO. 41,000 MILES NEW TIRES BOUGHT- WAS TOLD ALL WAS OK. ONE WEEK LATER I AM DRIVING WHEN SUDDENLY SPEEDOMETER STOPS AND MILEAGE IS READING --- GRINDING NOISE THEN A WRENCH ICON APPEARS WHICH MEANS THE POWERTRAIN IS MALFUNCTIONING, THEN THE AIR BAG LIGHT WENT ON AND THEN AN ! ICON WHICH MEANS THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH TIRES. TERRIFIED, I CALLED POWER FORD AND TOLD TO BRING IT IN... I WAS LESS THAN A HALF A MILE AWAY, AND PUT ON MY HAZARD LIGHTS AND BARELY MADE IT THE FEW CLOCKS TO THE DEALERSHIP. THIS IS A HAUNTING PROBLEM THAT I HAVE READ AT LEAST A DOZEN COMMENTS ABOUT THE POWER TRAIN. HAD I BEEN ION THE FREEWAY I DON'T THINK I WOULD BE ALIVE. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS ISSUE WITH THE FORD EDGE. I DID NOT...

DASH CLUSTER (SPEEDOMETER) IS NOT VISIBLE DURING CERTAIN TIMES OF THE DAY WHILE DRIVING CREATING A SAFETY HAZARD. BACKGROUND ON VEHICLE CLUSTER IS SILVER AND THE ILLUMINATED NUMBERS ARE NEON GREEN. WHEN LIGHTS ARE REQUIRED FOR DRIVING DURING DUSK, THE NUMBERS DISAPPEAR FROM VIEW. THERE ARE TIMES THAT WE LEAVE OUR LIGHTS OFF WHEN THEY ARE NEEDED BECAUSE IT IS EASIER TO SEE THE DASH INSTRUMENTS. IF WE TURNED ON THE LIGHTS, THE NUMBERS WOULD DISAPPEAR AND WE WOULDN'T KNOW HOW FAST WE WERE TRAVELING. EVEN DURING NIGHT DRIVING THE NUMBERS ARE ONLY SOFTLY ILLUMINATED. BROUGHT BACK TO DEALER THREE TIMES TO HAVE THIS CORRECTED BUT THEY SAY THEY CANNOT TOUCH THE ODOMETER AREA OR CHANGE THE COLOR DUE TO FEDERAL REGULATIONS. THEY SAY THAT THE PART MUST MATCH THE ORIGINAL VIN NUMBER. WE FEEL IT IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. OUR DEALER IS WILLING TO WORK WITH US BUT...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD EDGE. WHENEVER IT IS DARK OR CLOUDY, THE CONTACT IS UNABLE TO READ THE NUMBERS ON THE SPEEDOMETER. THE FAILURE HAS OCCURRED EVER SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT DOES NOT KNOW HOW FAST HE IS DRIVING. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER, BUT THEY DID NOT ASSIST IN REMEDYING THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT PURCHASED AN ANGLE MIRROR IN AN ATTEMPT TO HAVE THE LIGHT REFLECT OFF OF IT; HOWEVER, THAT DID NOT HELP. HE BELIEVES THAT IT NEEDED TO BE MANUFACTURED DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE ON DAYS WITHOUT BRIGHT SUN LIGHT, IT IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE HOW FAST HE IS DRIVING. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 1,600. UPDATED 11/6/08 *CN UPDATED 11/10/08. *JB